Category Archives: Anti-Muslim violence

Braintree: Man arrested on suspicion of knife possession and attempted arson outside Islamic Centre

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A 43-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of attempted arson after reportedly walking into a mosque with a knife in Braintree.

Braintree MP Brooks Newmark tweeted tonight: “Local mosque in Braintree attacked by man with knives and incendiary device. Man arrested. No one injured.” Mr Newmark added: “Just met with leaders of local mosque in Braintree which was attacked this evening. Thanked local police for their swift response.”

A spokesman for the Al Falah Braintree Islamic Centre on Silks Way confirmed there had been an arson attempt near the property.

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Islamic School of San Diego threatened: Authorities investigate threatening messages

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Islamic School of San DiegoSAN DIEGO — Investigators sought Tuesday to determine who was responsible for several recent bomb threats directed at a Muslim school in Clairemont.

On Saturday, a woman left three menacing telephone messages on an office answering machine at the Islamic School of San Diego, authorities reported. Among other hostile statements, the anonymous caller said, “I’m going to throw a bomb in your (expletive) school,” according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which reported the incident to the FBI and the San Diego Police Department.

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Golden Dawn threatens to ‘slaughter’ Muslims

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Golden Dawn threat to MuslimsThe Muslim Association of Greece (MAG) said that it has received a threatening note giving all Muslims, Greeks and foreigners, one month’s time to evacuate the country or be “slaughtered like chickens,” according to a statement released by the association on May 18.

The note, published on the association’s webpage, is written in Greek, English and Arabic and the Golden Dawn emblem is printed on the paper, although there is no claim of responsibility from the neo-Nazi group that has 18 seats in Parliament, wants all immigrants out of Greece and has been accused of assaults on them, which the party has denied.

The note is printed over a symbol of Golden Dawn which has an openly anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-gay, anti-Semitic, anti-foreigner, ultra-religious jingoistic platform and says it wants a Greece populated only by Greeks with 100 percent Greek blood from both parents.

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EDL leaders spread false rumour about gang rape by Muslims in Luton

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Kevin Carroll spreads gang rape rumour

This is the inflammatory post by English Defence League co-leader Kevin Carroll that appeared on his organisation’s Facebook page yesterday. Here are some examples of the responses it provoked among supporters of the “non-violent” EDL. They include calls for arson attacks on mosques and for Muslims to be stabbed, along with appeals to “burn them all” and “kill them all”.

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EDL splinter group to protest against Lincoln mosque

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East Anglian Patriots Lincoln mosque protestEast Midlands Anti-fascists report that an English Defence League splinter group called the East Anglian Patriots have announced they will be holding a protest in Lincoln next month against a plan to build a new mosque.

Appealing to their supporters to help “stop this muzzie infested building getting built”, the administrators of the “Stop the Lincoln Mosque” Facebook page state that although this will not be an official EDL demonstration they are “all edl on here pretty much”.

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Barking and Dagenham: Two attacks on Muslim women wearing hijab

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Two Muslim women were attacked by strangers in parks, with both incidents being reported within days of each other.

A woman wearing a hijab veil in Greatfields Park in Barking was repeatedly punched in the head by two white women who branded her a “Muslim terrorist”.

It was one of two racially-motivated incidents reported last week to anti-Muslim attack support service Tell Mama, which is run by the charity Faith Matters.

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Wadi Ara mosque desecrated, cars set on fire

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Three vehicles were set on fire overnight near a mosque in the village of Umm al-Qutuf in Wadi Ara and graffiti was sprayed on the wall of the mosque, reading “price-tag” alongside a Star of David and “Eviatar,” most likely referring to Eviatar Borovsky, who was stabbed to death in the Tapuach Junction some two weeks ago.

Police forces at the scene reported to have launched an investigation into the circumstances, “including nationalistic motives,” a police source told Ynet.

YnetNews, 14 May 2013

Torquay man in court charged with Terrorism Act offence

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Torquay terrorism search
Torquay road closed in January this year during terrorism search

A 20-year-old Torquay man has appeared in court charged under the Terrorism Act following an incident near the coach station earlier this year.

John Roddy, 20, of Babbacombe Road, Torquay, appeared at Exeter Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning. He was charged with possessing a document containing information useful to terrorism. The charge is brought under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000. It alleges that on January 3 he possessed on a laptop computer ‘The al-Qaeda training manual’ and ‘2083 – A European Declaration of Independence‘.

He was also charged with distributing threatening material to stir up religious hatred between November 1, 2012 and January 4, 2013. A third charge is that between July 1, 2012 and January 4, 2013 he conspired to cause criminal damage

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CAIR-WA to seek ‘maximum penalties’ for threats to Muslim family

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The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) will hold a news conference today to call for maximum legal penalties for a man who allegedly harassed and threatened a Muslim family at Seattle Center last month.

At the news conference, CAIR-WA will outline why this incident appears to be part of a pattern of recent harassment of and attacks on American Muslims and will ask the FBI to look into the case for possible federal charges.

On April 27, 2013, a Muslim family visiting Seattle Center was allegedly approached by 52-year-old Gregg Michael Burtis who reportedly asked two younger women in their party how many husbands they had. When the family asked Burtis to leave them alone, he allegedly became angry and began calling the family “Muslims” and “terrorists”. Family members feared for their lives and called the police when they reportedly heard Burtis say he was going to get a gun and “shoot them all.” Burtis was arrested and booked in King County Jail on $50,000 bail. He is awaiting trial for malicious harassment.

“This vicious hate incident at Seattle Center is part of a nationwide wave of hate-motivated threats and attacks against American Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim, following the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon,” said CAIR-WA Civil Rights Coordinator Jennifer Gist. “In the wake of the Boston tragedy, Americans must unite and work to prevent any further loss of life from hate motivated attacks that threaten our nation’s security and our collective safety.”

Gist added: “All of us have a role to play. We need prosecutors to send a very strong message that those who make such threats will have to face the full force of the law. Elected officials and other law enforcement leaders should make public statements now declaring zero tolerance for this type of behavior.”

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